What I would like is a tool that lets me simulate scenario mixes of x number of people opening x number of large files/x number of small files, sending e-mails, printing, running spell check, recalculating spreadsheets, database sorts, etc.

Thanks. Let me look into it a bit further. I glanced over the site but could not quickly determine whether I can simulate application loads. It seems on first glance more for testing Web servers performance and specific custom apps. I'm looking for something that will simulate the running of standard off-the-shelf apps on Windows servers in particular in TS and virtualized environments e.g. 10 users using Outlook, Adobe, Word with mixed parameters - large files mostly, mix of file sizes, etc.

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